To provide our children with an engaging, exciting and empowering curriculum that enables them to develop as independent, confident and successful learners. We want our children to be able to:
Develop an understanding of and a sense of pride in the local community so that children become positive and proactive members of their community.
Understand the world around them on a local, national and international level so that they gain a greater perception of the world and its complexities
Be open to new possibilities, develop high aspirational attitudes and understand how they can achieve their goals.
At King’s Hill Primary School our curriculum is designed to: recognise children’s prior learning, provide first hand learning experiences, allow the children to develop interpersonal skills, build resilience and become creative, critical thinkers.
Every child is recognised as a unique individual. We celebrate and welcome differences within our diverse school community. The ability to learn is underpinned by the teaching of reading, writing and mathematical skills, knowledge, concepts and values with a vision to prepare them for life beyond primary school. We constantly provide a broad range of enrichment opportunities to engage our children in their learning as much as possible.
Involvement in opportunities to participate in what happens in the local and wider community is an integral part of our curriculum. We invite families and visitors to facilitate learning new skills and sharing experiences such as assemblies, curriculum projects, show and tell sessions and workshops.
We believe our children leave King’s Hill with a sense of belonging to a close community where they have the confidence and skills to make decisions, self-evaluate, make connections and become lifelong learners.
Intent Statements & Curriculum Information for Subjects
Intent Statement
The aim for English in the national curriculum is to promote high standards of language and literacy by equipping pupils with a strong command of the spoken and written word, and to develop reading for enjoyment. The national curriculum for English aims to ensure that all pupils:
read easily, fluently and with good understanding read widely and often, for both pleasure and information
acquire a wide vocabulary, an understanding of grammar and knowledge of linguistic conventions for reading, writing and spoken language
write clearly, accurately and coherently, adapting their language and style in and for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences
use discussion to learn and explain clearly their understanding and ideas
gain competence in speaking and listening, making formal presentations, demonstrating to others and participating in debate.
The national curriculum for mathematics aims to ensure that all pupils:
become fluent in mathematics, so that pupils develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately.
reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry, developing an argument, justification or proof, using mathematical language
can solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of problems with increasing sophistication, including breaking down problems into a simpler steps and persevering in seeking solutions.
The national curriculum for design and technology aims to ensure that all pupils:
develop the creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world
build and apply knowledge, understanding and skills in order to design and make high-quality prototypes and products for a wide range of users
evaluate and test their ideas and products and the work of others
understand and apply the principles of nutrition and learn how to cook.
The national curriculum for history aims to ensure that all pupils:
know and understand the history of these islands as a coherent, chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day: how people’s lives have shaped this nation and how Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world
know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations; the expansion and dissolution of empires; characteristic features of past non-European societies; achievements and follies of mankind
gain and deploy a historically grounded understanding of abstract terms such as ‘empire’, ‘civilisation’, ‘parliament’ and ‘peasantry’
understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, and use them to make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame historically-valid questions and create their own structured accounts, including written narratives and analyses
understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims, and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed
The national curriculum for geography aims to ensure that all pupils:
develop contextual knowledge of the location of globally significant places – both terrestrial and marine – including their defining physical and human characteristics and how these provide a geographical context for understanding the actions of processes
understand the processes that give rise to key physical and human geographical features of the world, how these are interdependent and how they bring about spatial variation and change over time
are competent in the geographical skills needed to:
collect, analyse and communicate with a range of data gathered through experiences of fieldwork that deepen their understanding of geographical processes
interpret a range of sources of geographical information, including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photographs and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and writing at length.
The national curriculum for music aims to ensure that all pupils:
perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians
learn to sing and to use their voices, to create and compose music on their own and with others, have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, use technology appropriately and have the opportunity to progress to the next level of musical excellence
understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the inter-related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations.
RE is a statutory subject of the school curriculum of maintained schools and therefore religious education shall be provided for all registered pupils. Parents have the right to withdraw their child from religious education lessons.
Religious education actively promotes the values of truth, justice, respect for all and care of the environment. It places specific emphasis on:
pupils valuing themselves and others,
the role of family and the community in religious belief and activity,
the celebration of diversity in society through understanding similarities and differences,
sustainable development of the earth and care for creation
At King’s Hill pupils in Year 3 to Year 6 learn French. The national curriculum for languages aims to ensure that all pupils:
understand and respond to spoken and written language from a variety of authentic sources
speak with increasing confidence, fluency and spontaneity, finding ways of communicating what they want to say, including through discussion and asking questions, and continually improving the accuracy of their pronunciation and intonation
can write at varying length, for different purposes and audiences, using the variety of grammatical structures that they have learnt
discover and develop an appreciation of a range of writing in the language studied.
